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Yvonne D. Greer, MPH, RD
Nutritionist Coordinator\Community Nutrition, Milwaukee Health Department; Y-EAT Right…Nutritional Consultant for Healthy Living, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
ADA Leadership Highlights: National – HOD: Mentor\Mentee Program; Table Facilitatior; Professional Issues Delegate - Community Nutrition; ADA Times: Volunteer Writer, President's Lecture Highlights. Wisconsin Dietetic Association: State of Wisconsin Turning Point Initiative Liaison; State Health Plan Development and Implimentation; Board; Milwaukee District Representative; Milwaukee Dietetic Association: President; Council on Practice Chair. Public Health/Community Nutrition Practice Group: FNCE Priority Session Presiding Officer, Health Literacy; Executive Committee; Nominating Committee; Hunger and Environmental Nutrition DPG: Executive Committee.
Other Professional Activities: Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health; Milwaukee County Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition Co-Chair; State of Wisconsin Action for Healthy Kids Coalition, Children's Health Summitt Planning Committee; Milwaukee Public Schools Head Start Advisory Committee; Metro-Milwaukee Heart Association Board of Directors; Health Literacy Council of Milwaukee; State of Wisconsin Dietitian’s Affiliated Credentialing Board, Department of Regulations and Licensing; Wisconsin Public Health Association Annual Conference Planning Committee; Wisconsin Diabetes Control Program: Advisory Group; Minority Populations Workgroup Chairperson; Children with Diabetes Resource Guide for Schools and Families Workgroup; American Heart Association: Northland Affiliate’s Community Health Information Program Chairperson; Women of the World Heart and Stroke Prevention Conference Planning Committee Chairperson; Wisconsin Chapter, March of Dimes: Birth Defects Prevention Community Services Program Committee; SE Wisconsin Folic Acid Council Chairperson; Milwaukee Area Technical College Dietetic Technician/Dietary Manager Advisory Committee; National Organization of Blacks in Dietetics and Nutrition State Representative; Hunger Task Force of Wisconsin Health Advisory Committee.
Awards: University of Wisconsin, School of Human Development and Nutritional Sciences, Outstanding Alumna Award; American Heart Association Community Heart Information Program, Outstanding Volunteer Award for Community Partnerships; American Dietetic Association Foundation, Award in Women’s Health; March of Dimes, Wisconsin Chapter, Volunteer of the Year Award.
Education: BS, Dietetics and Experimental Foods, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; Dietetic Internship Program, Howard University Hospital, Washington D.C.; MPH, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
What related experience and skills have you obtained to prepare you to be an ADA leader?
Leadership, public speaking, policy development and grant writing skills were expanded through active participation in national, state, and local initiatives including conference presentations, testimony at governmental hearings (USDA Healthier US Forums, State Confirmation Hearings), nutrition policy and strategic planning documents (Wisconsin State Health Plan’s Adequate and Appropriate Nutrition Section, Wisconsin Diabetes Control and Prevention Program Strategic Plan and Performance Improvement Plan); and writing nutrition grants (Church Based Health and Wellness Program, 3-year funding granted)
What do you perceive as an important issue impacting the dietetics profession today?
Maintaining our credibility as the "Nutrition Experts" given that many others are providing nutrition advice to the public, especially considering the high visibility that the media is providing on concerns related to the childhood obesity epidemic, weight loss diets, complimentary and alternative nutritional products/therapies, and chronic disease prevention strategies.
How would you encourage and promote diversity if elected? I would encourage all DPGs and State Affiliates to connect with the ADA Networking Groups (i.e. NOBIDAN, MIN) to work to increase their membership diversity as well as utilization of the Diversity Tool Box for recruitment and retention planning. As an African American dietetic professional, I would serve as a role model and encourage others who want to advance to leadership roles within ADA.
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